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Mon 14 April 2025 12:17, UK <\/p>\n
Graham Potter wants to be backed heavily in the transfer market this summer after his disappointing start to life at West Ham, sources have told Football Insider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The 49-year-old has taken the Irons backwards since succeeding Julen Lopetegui<\/a> in January \u2013 with the club now sitting 17th in the Premier League table.<\/p>\n Potter has won just three of his 13 games in charge at the London Stadium, but sources say he is fully expected to lead West Ham into the 2025-26 campaign.<\/p>\n The ex-Chelsea<\/a> boss, who signed a contract with the Irons running until June 2027, will get time to turn results around in the new campaign before his future is questioned.<\/p>\n He has masterminded some decent results since arriving at West Ham \u2013 including away wins at Arsenal and Fulham, as well as a draw away at Aston Villa.<\/p>\n Potter arrived at the London Stadium on 9 January but was only backed with the loan signing of Evan Ferguson<\/a> \u2013 who has played just 137 minutes of action for the Irons.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Potter\u2019s West Ham record in all competitions (2025) <\/p>\n MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n He has been crucial in the development of young left-back Oliver Scarles since arriving \u2013 with the 19-year-old now a regular West Ham<\/a> starter and part of England\u2019s Under-20 squad.<\/p>\n But the Irons slipped to 17th on Sunday (13 April) after a narrow 2-1 away loss at Liverpool and are staring down the barrel of a potential worst Premier League finish since relegation in the 2010-11 campaign.<\/p>\n Football Insider <\/strong>revealed on 6 April that West Ham are planning a squad overhaul in the summer<\/a>, with ten senior stars potentially leaving the club.<\/p>\n Guido Rodriguez, Niclas Fullkrug, Emerson Palmieri, Maxwel Cornet and Michail Antonio<\/a> are all seen as surplus to requirements at the London Stadium.<\/p>\n Danny Ings<\/a>, Vladimir Coufal, Aaron Cresswell and Lukasz Fabianski are likely to depart upon the expiry of their contracts, while Carlos Soler will return to PSG.<\/p>\n For more West Ham and exclusive news, follow us on Facebook<\/a> or join our brand new WhatsApp Channel<\/a> for instant updates to be sent straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mon 14 April 2025 12:17, UK Graham Potter wants to be backed heavily in the transfer market this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,782,101,79,16,15,1927],"class_list":{"0":"post-19660","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-graham-potter","10":"tag-premier-league","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-west-ham"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114337308119436587","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"graham](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/graham-potter-west-ham2-1024x576.jpg\")
(Credit Imago)Potter demands transfer backing at West Ham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Matches<\/strong><\/td>\n 13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Wins<\/strong><\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Draws<\/strong><\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Losses<\/strong><\/td>\n 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Goals (For \/ Against)<\/strong><\/td>\n 13 \/ 17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n ![\"Evan](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Evan-Ferguson-West-Ham-1024x576.png\")
Ferguson was the only January signing at West Ham. (Credit: Imago)West Ham set for squad overhaul<\/strong><\/p>\n